Final Project

Business card, 2 page non-operational website, logo

Poster for a cause/organization

This week for 2d class we were given instructions to create a 18" x 24" poster for a cause/organization that one cares about.  We were also given instructions not to use black, white, or gradients.  I found this quite difficult, and my original design ended up with some white and a gradient in it...., however no black as the dark colors are dark brown.  After going back and simplifying the design I ended up with a inspiring design, I believe.  The only part that has white is on the collar...which is symbolic of inpatient id, or how I refer to it "necklace."

I used a accented analogic color scheme, but could also be recognized as complementary with the dominance of red and green.

HUE TEST

HUE test results.  Not too bad I guess.  The blue greens were harder to distinguish for me. Very interesting.

COLOR WHEEL - WK 13

This week we were to create 3 color scales that either fit into or along side the design of one's main color wheel.  Besides the main color wheel, there were to be incorporated a hue to white value scale and two hue to hue scales using complementary hues. Below is the result I came up with.

DB Assign 13: COLORS

Find and post one example of each of the following color schemes:

Complementary colors
Analagous colors
The same hue appearing in at least 2 different values.

The images must come from a popular culture source.... for instance, advertisements, television, product packaging etc.



Same Hue: appearing in a at least two values.

Example of the different hues of orange found in the Reese's Puffs Cereal box above

Complementary: Opposite sides of the color wheel

Example of color wheel showing the Apple Jacks colors above

Analagous Colors: found right next to each other on the color wheel

Analagous colors found in the cereal box above

Value/Texture/Self Portrait - wk12

This week we were to recreate our self-portraits from the textures we found in wk10.  After figuring out how I was going to complete this project, everything else seemed to fall into place.  Zoom in to check out all the different textures.

Textures-

BEFORE

AFTER-

Value - DB - wk12

Bruce Barnbaum. Dune Ridges at Sunrise, Death Valley. 1976

The value in the photography by Bruce Barnbaum, found on page 116 in our text, is what creates the legato rhythm. Although the contrast between values is mostly dramatic, in some areas it is less and helps create a relaxed, calm, and rolling feeling.

Value is just the term used for light and dark.  "An area's value is its relative lightness or darkness in a given context" (Design Basics 240).

Illusion of Space and Motion

3 examples of Illusionistic Space

Giuseppe Zanotti Design feat. Anja Rubik

Above - Example of Amplified Perspective.  This designer ad places emphasizes on the shoes... and is done so through amplified perspective.  This is when an visual image is produced in a very different perspective, and an item is pointed directly at the viewer (the shoes in this case).

Aerial Perspective

Above is a Pepsi Ad demonstrating the illusion of space through aerial perspective.  In this device of illusion color is used to show depth.  As the color contrast lessens and the contours of the mountains become less distinct, the viewer feels like those objects are far away.  In this the red of the rock is very close, indicated by the darkness.  However, the mountains become farther and father away as the contrast decreases.  Can you see the Pepsi logo?

Linear Perspective

Linear perspective is featured in the above advertisement by Audi.  This perspective happens as parallel lines recede into an imaginary line called the horizon or eye level. In this ad we are facing the passenger side corner of the car.  The lines created from our vantage recede into the distance at the, towards the middle on the left, where there is a distant mountain.




3 Examples of Illusionistic Motion 

Anticipated Motion

The above Silk advertisement demonstrates the illusion of motion through anticipated motion, similar to that of The Milkmaid by Vermeer; both consisting of an element of constant change.  We can "feel" Silk splash, but we are only watching it do this.

Blurred Outlines

The above ad from BMW demonstrates the illusion of motion through blurred outlines.  The photo around the car is blurred creating the illusion that the car is moving forward toward the viewer.

Multiple Image

The above ad is an example of multiple image illusion of motion. The text, Design Basics, says that when "...one figure in an overlapping sequence of poses, the slight change in each successive position suggests movement taking place" (Lauer).  This ad demonstrates this movement by the successive sequence of foot movement.

Illusion of space and motion

For the DB this week we're to find:

2 examples of Illusionistic Space each representing one of the following devices: size, exaggerated size, overlapping, vertical location, aerial perspective, linear perspective, and multiple perspective.

2 Examples of Illusionistic Motion each representing one of the following devices:  anticipated motion, figure repeated, figure cropped, blurred outlines, and multiple images.

This picture is an example of exaggerated size in illusionistic space.  The leaf and grass seem huge in the frozen landscape.  The lack of horizon or anything to relate the size to helps in creating the illusion of size.  Also objects in the distance are blurred the farther away from the main object one looks.  This photo is also an example of amplified perspective.

This photo, I think, is an example of aerial perspective. The contrast between objects in the distance slowly lessens and the contours of the objects are harder to make out. As our text states, "Greater contrast advances, diminished contrast retreats" (Design Basics).

These two photos of Zoey are examples of blurred outlines.  The photo on the left is very blurry, showing forward movement of the dog. She is also mid run with her legs off the ground, an example of anticipated motion.  The details and edges of the form are somewhat lost in the fast movement.

The photo on the right is harder to detect the movement, except for the pups left paw which is blurred and has water coming off it. It is almost more of an anticipated motion example because she is in mid step and the picture is clear.

This photo I consider an example of figure cropped illusionistic motion. The pups paws being off the ground also heighten the sense of him running off the frame..., along with his ear being back. Showing only part of the dog helps...., and is what creates the cropped motion illusion.

Pattern and Texture - wk10

This week's assignment deals with texture's in the actual and implied states.  First part of the assignment was to gather 15 objects, of any sort, and scan them in to the computer as gray scale. Then one was to select 200 px by 200 px of each scanned object and make a sort of grid out of them.  After this was done one to select 100 px by 300 px of each object and make a gray scale out of them.  The results are very interesting.

Gray scale with square gray scale overlaid with neutral gray circles. Black and white circle on opposite end of the scale

 Object used grid - 15 different

I recommend clicking on the pictures and zooming in to see the texture!